Murders in... is a French television series, distributed on France 3 since 2013. Each episode centers around a mystery in a different city or region, often at a famous landmark. While some investigator pairings are repeated, usually each episode has an entirely new cast. The series is one of France 3's largest programs, followed by an average of 4 million viewers.

Murders in...
Country of originFrance
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes39
Production
Running time90 minutes
Original release
NetworkFrance 3 (France)
RTS Deux (Switzerland)
La Une (Belgium)
ReleaseApril 23, 2013 (2013-04-23) –
present

Season 1 (2013–2014)

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Episode 1: Murders in Saint-Malo

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  • Aired: April 23, 2013
  • Cast: Louise Monot as Lieutenant Gwenaëlle Garrec and Bruno Solo as Chief Warrant Officer Eric Vautier
  • Director: Lionel Bailliu
  • Ratings: 4.7 million viewers / (17.8% of viewers) / Rank: 2[1]

Episode 2: Murders in the Basque Country

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  • Aired: April 5, 2014
  • Cast: Antoine Duléry as Vincent Becker and Claire Borotra as Marie Daguerre
  • Director: Eric Duret
  • Ratings: 4.1 million viewers / (17.6% of viewers) / Rank: 2[2]

Episode 3: Murders in Pyla

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  • Alternate Title: "The Disappearance of Pyla"
  • Aired: April 12, 2014
  • Cast: Dounia Coesens as Élise Castel and Véronique Genest as Carole Castel
  • Director: Didier Albert
  • Ratings: 4.1 million viewers / (18.4% of viewers) / Rank: 2[3]

Episode 4: Murders in Rocamadour

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Episode 5: Murders in Rouen

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Season 2 (2015)

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Episode 6: Murders in Guérande

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  • Aired: February 21, 2015
  • Cast: Antoine Duléry as Vincent Becker and Claire Borotra as Marie Daguerre
  • Director: Eric Duret (2)
  • Ratings: 4 million viewers / (17% of viewers) / Rank: 2[6]

Episode 7: Murders on the Ile d'Yeu

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  • Aired: March 7, 2015
  • Cast: Anne Richard as Isabelle Bonnefoy and Bernard Yerlès as Nicolas Lemeur
  • Director: François Guérin
  • Ratings: 3.9 million viewers / (16.9% of viewers) / Rank: 2[7]

Episode 8: Murders in Étretat (also known as The Cliffs Murder)[8]

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  • Aired: April 4, 2015
  • Cast: Adriana Karembeu as Karine Zenco and Bruno Madinier as Victor Ortega
  • Director: Laurence Katrian
  • Ratings: 4.1 million viewers / (17.9% of viewers) / Rank: 2[9]

Episode 9: Murders in Carcassonne

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  • Aired: May 9, 2015
  • Cast: Rebecca Hampton as Angélique Demange, Bruno Wolkowitch as Raphaël Leprince, Philippe Nahon as Father Ancel and Bernard Blancan as William Malory
  • Director: Julien Despaux
  • Ratings: 4.2 million viewers / (18.6% of viewers) / Rank: 2[10]

Episode 10: Murders at Mont Ventoux

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  • Aired: May 23, 2015
  • Cast: Ingrid Chauvin as Alex Mejean and Thomas Jouannet as Marc Messac
  • Director: Thierry Peythieu
  • Ratings: 4.3 million viewers / (19.9% of viewers) / Rank: 2[11]

Season 3 (2015–16)

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Episode 11: Murders in Collioure

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  • Aired: October 3, 2015
  • Cast: Helena Noguerra as Alice Castel and Stéphane Freiss as Pascal Loube
  • Director: Bruno Garcia
  • Ratings: 4.3 million viewers / (19.3% of viewers) / Rank: 2[12]

Episode 12: Murders in La Rochelle

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  • Aired: November 14, 2015
  • Cast: Dounia Coesens as Justine Balmont and Philippe Caroit as Raphaël Weiss
  • Director: Étienne Dhaene
  • Ratings: 4.2 million viewers / (18.4% of viewers) / Rank: 2[13]

Episode 13: Murders in Burgundy

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  • Aired: December 26, 2015
  • Cast: Cristiana Reali as Mylène Deville and Franck Sémonin as Frédéric Tessier
  • Director: Jérôme Navarro
  • Ratings: 3.8 million viewers / (17.1% of viewers) / Rank: 2[14]

Episode 14: Murders in Avignon

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  • Aired: February 27, 2016
  • Cast: Catherine Jacob as Laurence Ravel, Lætitia Milot as Julie Ravel and Pascal Elso as Dimitri Bellac
  • Director: Stéphane Kappes
  • Ratings: 4.3 million viewers / (18.3% of viewers) / Rank: 2[15]

Episode 15: Murders on the Ile de Ré

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  • Aired: April 23, 2016
  • Cast: Lucie Lucas as Margaux Pelletier and Bruno Salomone as Vincent Pelletier
  • Director: François Basset and Jules Maillard
  • Ratings: 4.5 million viewers / (20% of viewers) / Rank: 2[16]

Episode 16: Murders at Lac Léman

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  • Aired: May 21, 2016
  • Cast: Corinne Touzet as Sandrine Zermatten and Jean-Yves Berteloot as Louis Jolly
  • Director: Jean-Marc Rudnicki
  • Ratings: 4.3 million viewers / (20% of viewers) / Rank: 2[17]

Season 4 (2016–2017)

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Episode 17: Murders in La Ciotat

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  • Aired: September 24, 2016
  • Cast: Philippe Bas as Batti Vergniot and Élodie Varlet as Anne Sauvaire
  • Director: Dominique Ladoge
  • Ratings: 3.5 million viewers / (17.4% of viewers) / Rank: 2[18]

Episode 18: Murders in Dunkirk

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Episode 19: Murders in Martinique

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  • Aired: February 25, 2017
  • Cast: Olivier Marchal as Paul Ventura and Sara Martins as Léna Valrose
  • Director: Philippe Niang
  • Ratings: 4.2 million viewers / (17.8% of viewers) / Rank: 2[20]

Episode 20: Murders in Grasse

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  • Aired: April 15, 2017
  • Cast: Lorie as Sophie Mournel and Annie Grégorio as Marianne Dusseyre
  • Director: Karim Ouaret
  • Ratings: 3.7 million viewers / (17.8% of viewers) / Rank: 2[21]

Episode 21: Murders in Aix-en-Provence

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  • Aired: May 13, 2017
  • Cast: Astrid Veillon as Anne Giudicelli, Isabelle Vitari as Pauline Dorval and Andréa Ferréol as Eléonore Dorval
  • Director: Claude-Michel Rome
  • Ratings: 4.1 million viewers / (18.2% of viewers) / Rank: 3[22]

Episode 22: Murders in Strasbourg

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Season 5 (2017–2018)

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Episode 23: Murders in The Landes

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Episode 24: Murders in Auvergne

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Episode 25: Murders in Sarlat

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  • Aired: November 18, 2017
  • Cast: Thierry Godard as Éric Pavin and Cécile Bois as Claire Dalmas
  • Director: Delphine Lemoine
  • Ratings:

Episode 26: Murders in Orléans

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  • Aired: January 20, 2018
  • Cast: Michèle Bernier as Charlotte Marat and David Kammenos as Philippe Cransac
  • Director: Jean-Marc Seban
  • Ratings:

Episode 27: Murders in Oléron

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  • Aired: March 17, 2018
  • Cast: Hélène Seuzaret as Captain Judith Valeix and Michel Cymes as Doctor Vincent Lazare
  • Director: Thierry Binisti
  • Ratings:

Season 6 (2018–2019)

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Episode 28: Murders in Cornouaille

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Episode 29: Murders in Haute-Savoie

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  • Aired: October 13, 2018
  • Cast: Gwendoline Hamon as Claire Garibaldi and Thibault de Montalembert as Pierre Garibaldi
  • Director: Rene Manzor
  • Ratings:

Episode 30: Murders in Brides-les-Bains

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  • Aired: December 29, 2018
  • Cast: Line Renaud as Claire Garibaldi and Patrick Catalifo as Julien Forest
  • Director: Emmanuel Rigaut
  • Ratings:

Episode 31: Murders in Morvan

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Episode 32: Murders in Lorraine

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  • Aired: March 16, 2019
  • Cast: Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux as Lola Paoli and Stéphane Bern as Nicolas Muller
  • Director: Rene Manzor
  • Ratings:

Season 7 (2019–2020)

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Episode 33: Murders in Colmar

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  • Aired: September 14, 2019
  • Cast: Garance Thénault as Anaïs Lacombe and Pierre Arditi as Étienne Ronsard
  • Director: Klaus Biedermann
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Episode 34: Murders in Lille

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  • Aired: September 28, 2019
  • Cast: Annelise Hesme as Caroline Flament and Wolf-Denis Elion as William Henry
  • Director: Laurence Katrian
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Episode 35: Murders in Belle Île

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Episode 36: Murders in Tahiti

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  • Aired: December 28, 2019
  • Cast: Leslie Medina as Lieutenant Mareva Haumana, Jean-Michel Tinivelli as Commander Philippe Toussaint, and Vaimalama Chaves as the Beach House singer
  • Director:
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Episode 37: Murders in Cotentin

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  • Aired: February 1, 2020
  • Cast: Chloé Lambert as Hélène Ribero and Léa François as Alice Hamel
  • Director: Jérémy Minui
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Episode 38: Murders in Jura

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  • Aired: February 15, 2020
  • Cast: Sandrine Quétier as Anna Buisson and Pierre-Yves Bon as Eymeric Massoni-Tournault
  • Director: Eric Duret
  • Ratings:

Episode 39: Murders in Corrèze

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  • Aired: May 2, 2020
  • Cast: Carole Bianic as Captain Léna Ribéro and Arié Elmaleh as Commander Axel Zeller
  • Director: Adeline Darraux
  • Ratings:

References

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  2. ^ Jean-Marc VERDREL. "Très belle audience pour la fiction "Meurtres au pays basque" samedi soir sur France 3". Les coulisses de la Télévision. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ Jean-Marc VERDREL. "Très belle audience pour "La disparue du Pyla" avec Véronique Genest samedi sur France 3". Les coulisses de la Télévision. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ Benjamin Chapon. "Audiences TV: "The Voice" perd encore de son éclat, France 2 sourit grâce au foot et aux Bretons". 20minutes.fr. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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  6. ^ "Succès d'audience pour Meurtres à Guérande le 14 février sur France 3. - LeBlogTvNews". LeBlogTvNews. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Meurtres à l'île d'Yeu: succès d'audience pour Anne Richard et France 3". Toutelatele. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  8. ^ "The Cliffs Murder". Newen Distribution. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Meurtres à Etretat: un très beau succès pour Adriana Karembeu et Bruno Madinier". Toutelatele. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Meurtres à Carcassonne: un record en part d'audience pour Rebecca Hampton et Bruno Wolkowitch". Toutelatele. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Meurtres au mont Ventoux: succès d'audience pour Ingrid Chauvin et Thomas Jouannet". Toutelatele. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  12. ^ ""Meurtre à Collioure" fait cartonner France 3 (VIDEOS)". Lindependant.fr. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Meurtres à La Rochelle: Dounia Coesens et Philippe Caroit en tête des audiences dès 21h50". Toutelatele. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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  15. ^ Anne-Laure Deparis. "Audiences: The Voice indétrônable, carton pour Meurtres à Avignon". Télé-Loisirs. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  16. ^ Anne-Laure Deparis. "Audiences: The Voice chute, carton pour Meurtres à l'île de Ré, déception pour la finale de la Coupe de la Ligue". Télé-Loisirs. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  17. ^ Allyson Jouin-Claude. "Audiences: Audiences: France 2 en tête grâce au PSG, déception pour TF1". lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  18. ^ Kevin Boucher. "Audiences: "The Voice Kids" leader devant "Meurtres à la Ciotat", "DC: Legends of Tomorrow" en baisse". Ozap.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  19. ^ Sarah Alcalay. "Audiences TV: Meurtres à Dunkerque (France 3) cartonne, Le grand show de l'humour (France 2) bat Danse avec les stars". programme-television.org. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  20. ^ Jean-Marc VERDREL. "Audience: "Meurtres en Martinique" suivi par 4,2 millions de téléspectateurs sur France 3". Coulisses-tv.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ^ Pierre Dezeraud. "Audiences: "The Voice" solide leader, "Meurtres à Grasse" résiste bien sur France 3, "Les années bonheur" faible". Ozap.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  22. ^ Benjamin Meffre. "Audiences: L'Eurovision leader devant "The Voice", France 3 en embuscade avec "Meurtres à..."". Ozap.com. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  23. ^ Pierre Dezeraud. "Audiences: "The Voice" leader en baisse, "Meurtres à Strasbourg" devant Angers-PSG". Ozap.com. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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